 Välkomna till Valachia och vår omgående kampanj med en heroisk och glorisk Vlad Dracula. Så vi kommer till episode 3, The Breath of the Dragon. Det var ingen små fint. Dracula inviterade alla bojars till en fisk och frågade dem hur många rullar de har sett förr. Nån har sett fjorda än sämre än sämre, men några har sett 30. Fjorda! Dracula har rullat dem allt och matchat dem till en rull som har blivit en rullare av kullariet. For months they labbed to rebuild the castle toiling even after their clothes fell off. Those who survived were slain. Finally Dracula had eradicated the fickle gonaivik bojars. He replaced them with loyal followers in a nice or common business. Strong again, the dragon was ready to breed a flame that would engulf his enemies, the Turks. All right, so another highly motivating and epic introduction. That is what I like. A strong ruler who sees criminality sharply reduced and betrayed blossoming. So yeah, a good man Dracula. Some say he might have been a bit brutal, but you know those were brutal times. So perhaps if some modern man sees him and say oh he was so brutal and mean to everyone. Well he needed to be mean and brutal because he wanted his people to prosper. So yes, a true hero, Vlad Dracula. Anyway, our main objectives as usual Vlad Dracula must survive. We must conquer Giorgio by destroying its castle and all towers. Then I will read the hint here. Dracula now rules Valachia. And we're playing as the Slavs. Very good indeed, Slavstronk. My lord, I have scouted the fortress of Giorgio but it is well defended. We will need siege weapons to take it. Right, and I am still, even though we're on our third episode, I'm still amazed at the graphics. Especially since I grew up playing this game and just seeing this makes my...it warms the heart. He has impaled someone there, perhaps a criminal. Perhaps someone who wasn't loyal to his reign. So yes, as I said we are playing as the Slavs this time. I have an analysis. I think somewhere in Eastern Europe they have commenced a ritual. So they stole a lot of testosterone from Western European men. I can't back this up, of course, but it wouldn't surprise me if there was some sort of magic that allowed Slavic men, Eastern European men, to be a bit more masculine on average this day and age. Actually I like to say that that is how Western European men or perhaps Swedish men used to be back in the day. So a few generations back. Swedes of course used to be very manly and took great pride in masculine endeavors, especially military endeavors. Sweden had a strong army in military for a long time. Sweden had to do the mandatory service. I am very fortunate in the fact that I got to do my mandatory 11 months. But anyway, that is why I'm making videos. I'm trying to reintroduce some thumos and some testosterone to the West. Yes, we are indeed. We must liberate these fine townsfolk of Wallachia. So there we have a castle for the Ottoman army. And I suppose maybe they will ride out with something. We're just going to stay behind here and protect it at all costs. So anyway, I thought to mention something that if you are interested in history, you are a lucky man because there are so many cool and epic stories. So many fascinating adventures that you can read up on. So I played a bit also on the Ku-Mans campaign here in Age of Empires 2. And I was somewhat familiar with the Ku-Mans, because I watched Kings and Generals channel here on YouTube. And just being able to play a game such as Age of Empires here and get that story, it's a luxury. And of course, since we have the internet and books for that matter, you can just go to the library and borrow some books if you're interested in history. So much to read up on. And as they say, sometimes reality or history is stranger than fiction. I think George Martin said when people complained that Game of Thrones was too brutal. He said if you want some brutality, just read history. And yeah, he had a point. So a lot of brutal happenings in world history too. Especially if you talk about the Ku-Mans who got in the way of Genghis Khan and the Mongols. They were excruciatingly brutal. And I'm using excruciating here in its correct sense for once. Usually I misuse the word excruciating. I say something excruciatingly epic for example. It's not really how you're supposed to use the term. You're supposed to use it as in something excruciatingly painful. And I suppose it could work if I say Genghis Khan was excruciatingly brutal. But yeah, he was good at conquering. And for that he has our respect. Even though we as Europeans were on the receiving end of his brutality. All right, we have liberated this fine place. So there we have, aha, right. We still have some Turkish soldiers here that we need to kill off. And the cannons can stop shooting. Ottoman arms defeated. Now what I like to do is just get the heavy plow, upgrade and then toggle automatic farming. You can build a castle. And then I will upgrade a handcart. So they work a bit better. They are 10% faster and carry 50% more. So that is a good investment. And see, yes, have some idle villagers. And what to do now? Simply build up my base here. So I will just utilize a little edit. And then I will get back to... All right, so I did something un-gamer-like. I restarted on standard difficulty instead of moderate. Because I continued playing as I left off. But I quickly noticed it was going to be a grind of the ages. It was probably going to take quite some time to play it through on moderate. I simply started anew on standard to speed things up a bit. So now I have reduced the green enemy here to defeated them. And now I will invade these guys down here, the Magyars. So that is what is up. I will also go down here across the bridge to drive off the Turks from this fine land. So I will update again after I have done so. Considering it's quite a bit of things to show otherwise. And it might be an excessively long episode. So yeah. Okay, so what has happened? Yes, the Ottomans got destroyed here. Most satisfactory. Then we also destroyed Orsova here. So now we have two little cities left. Which is this place. Bulgarians, Rahova. And then we also have Novoselo. Which is located somewhere else. I don't know quite where. I suppose we will find out in just a bit. I am transporting our soldiers from across the river here. And these laddingtons I suppose I will try to explore and find where Novoselo might be. So yes, I can understand if this mission was quite hopeless playing on Hard or Moderate. Usually I play the historical battles on Hard. And I've played the previous episodes in this on Moderate. But yeah, it was quite the challenge to be sure. So yeah, that being said I just wanted to get to the end sequence to the epic end of mission story time I suppose. Not quite sure what to call it but something like that. Alright, I will spare you Rahova. Now we just need to find where Novoselo is. It might be here. Probably is because we have docks. Create some fire ships here to take the river. So anyway, generally speaking of learning history. I've said it before. I'll say it again. I will not overstate the point but it is a good point so I think it bears repeating. Gaming like this. Such an excellent starting point to just become familiar with some sort of country, civilization, people. And then you just read up further on them. So I mentioned previously about the Cumans. And yeah, their tragic story. Basically getting driven off their land by Genghis. And trying to find out a new land to settle. And of course it's easier for them since they were already dramatic. But it's still a heartbreaking story. As of course is the case with a lot of people who came in the way of the Mongols. But yeah, fascinating to read about. So if you feel black build about something, perhaps you go through some hard times in your life. You can just contrast it with some other things that has happened in history. So now these guys should give up hopefully soon. Maybe we need to... Ah, there we are. Oh, I see. Well then. There we are. Okej, så Victorius. As I said, I played it on standard just to get on with the storyline and to get to this fine thing right here. Right, so thank you for watching. In next episode we'll go to the moon Rises. And I suppose we'll continue on with the resistance to the Ottomans. XOXO, buh!